While the statewide teacher-led #RedforEd walkout will be a first for Arizona, it's the third time in recent months that U.S. public-school teachers have turned to such measures for higher pay and increased education funding.

State lawmakers took varied approaches to address the demands of both West Virginia and Oklahoma following multi-day strikes.

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Noah Karvelis, Arizona Educators United organizer and teacher, talks about the walk-ins next week outside the Arizona Education Association in Phoenix on April 19, 2018. The teachers voted for a walkout.
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Joe Thomas, AEA President, talks about presenting plans to the governor outside the Arizona Education Association in Phoenix on April 19, 2018. The teachers voted for a walkout.
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Noah Karvelis, Arizona Educators United organizer and teacher, talks about the walk-ins next week outside the Arizona Education Association in Phoenix on April 19, 2018. The teachers voted for a walkout.
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Marisol Garcia, AEA Vice President, talks about the results of a ballot outside the Arizona Education Association in Phoenix on April 19, 2018. The teachers voted for a walkout.
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Joe Thomas, AEA President, talks about presenting plans to the governor outside the Arizona Education Association in Phoenix on April 19, 2018. The teachers voted for a walkout.
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Noah Karvelis, Arizona Educators United organizer and teacher, talks about the walk-ins next week outside the Arizona Education Association in Phoenix on April 19, 2018. The teachers voted for a walkout.
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Noah Karvelis, Arizona Educators United organizer and teacher, talks about the walk-ins next week outside the Arizona Education Association in Phoenix on April 19, 2018. The teachers voted for a walkout.
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Joe Thomas, AEA President, talks about presenting plans to the governor outside the Arizona Education Association in Phoenix on April 19, 2018. The teachers voted for a walkout.
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Mesa High School's Krista Rowley helps Wilson Elementary's Linda Shivers count ballots for deciding whether there will be a statewide teacher walk-out at Mesa High School in Mesa on April 19, 2018. The results were expected later that evening.
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Mesa High School's Krista Rowley and Michael Baser count ballots for deciding whether there will be a statewide teacher walk-out at Mesa High School on April 19, 2018. Organizers with Arizona Educators United decided to hold a vote on the walkout after Gov. Ducey released his teacher pay plan.
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Mesa High School's Krista Rowley (standing in red) helps Wilson Elementary's Linda Shivers (in pink) count ballots for deciding whether there will be a statewide teacher walk-out at Mesa High School in Mesa on April 19, 2018. Teachers had the opportunity to cast their votes for several days.
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Mesa High School teachers help those coming to count their schools "walk-out" ballots at Mesa High School in Mesa on April 19, 2018. The ballots would determine if teachers would participate in a state-wide walk-out.
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Mesa High School's Krista Rowley helps Wilson Elementary's Linda Shivers count ballots for deciding whether there will be a statewide teacher walk-out at Mesa High School in Mesa on April 19, 2018. Organizers with Arizona Educators United decided to hold a vote on the walkout after Gov. Ducey released his teacher pay plan.
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Mesa High School's Krista Rowley and Porter Elementary's Tina Lang count ballots for deciding whether there will be a statewide teacher walk-out at Mesa High School in Mesa on April 19, 2018.
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Teachers line-up bringing their ballots to a counting site at Mesa High School in Mesa on April 19, 2018. The ballots would determine if teachers would participate in a state-wide walk-out.
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Mesa High School's Krista Rowley directs teachers where to sit to count ballots for deciding whether there will be a statewide teacher walk-out at Mesa High School on April 19, 2018.
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Justice had announced a similar deal in the early stages of the strike.

But teachers did not trust their state lawmakers. They refused to return to school until the increase was actually approved by the state Legislature.

Wyoming County's Mullens Elementary school teachers Kara Brown, from right, Katherine Dudley and Nina Tunstalle, along with Lois Casto of Central Elementary school in St. Albans, react to news that West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice and Senate Republicans have reached a tentative deal to end a strike by giving them 5 percent raises in Charleston, W.Va., on March 6, 2018.(Photo: Craig Hudson, Charleston Gazette-Mail via AP)

Oklahoma

In March, facing the threat of a teacher walkout, the Legislature approved measures to raise teacher salaries about $6,000 a year — based on experience — and support staff pay an additional $1,250.

Oklahoma's teachers, pushing for a greater investment in education, walked out of schools.

The nine-day walkout came to an end after teachers said that they would not secure additional funding from the Republican-controlled Legislature.

The walkout did not secure teachers’ demands for a $10,000 raise for themselves, a $6,000 raise for support staff and $200 million in additional classroom funding.

Teachers rally at the state capitol in Oklahoma City on April 4, 2018.(Photo: J Pat Carter, AFP/Getty Images)

Organizers said the pay increase was still a victory even if it fell short of the initial goals. Teachers initially demanded a repeal of capital-gains tax exemptions.

The Legislature added taxes on oil and gas production, motor fuels, online sales and tobacco to generate more money earmarked for teachers before the walkout even began. Republicans in the state Senate said they wouldn't consider any additional sources after that.

Other states have followed suitColorado

Multiple Colorado school districts have cancelled classes or announced half days on April 26 and 27 after local teachers unions members planned to rally at the Colorado State Capitol for increased education funding, higher pay, better retirement packages and more teachers.

Across the state, teachers staged "walk-ins" before school started on Monday. Others took to the Capitol to voice their demands in person.

Kentucky

Conversations about a possible walkout have quieted since a new budget was approved last week.

Kentucky teachers rallied at the state Capitol on April 13 in support of the two-year budget, which would boost school funding through a $480 million tax increase.

Lawmakers voted to override the Republican governor's veto of the tax increase to fund education.

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Estes Elementary School teachers from left, Maureen Freeman, Cindy DeGrave, Christy Cor, Alexa Shanklin and Laura Martin, join thousands of fellow teachers from across the state of North Carolina in the March for Students and Rally for Respect as they make their way to the General Assembly building in Raleigh, N.C. on May 16, 2018.
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Thousands of teachers and supporters from counties all over the state of North Carolina march to the General Assembly building in Raleigh during the March for Students and Rally for Respect on May 16, 2018.
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Buncombe County and Asheville City Schools teachers joined thousands of fellow educators and supporters in Raleigh, N.C. for the March for Students and Rally for Respect on May 16, 2018.
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North Carolina House Representative John Ager uses Weaverville Primary School teacher Megan Bowman's back to sign a pledge as he talks with Buncombe County teachers during the March for Students and Rally for Respect in Raleigh, N.C. on May 16, 2018.
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Hilda Martinez, a kindergarten teacher in Oklahoma City, rallies on the second day of the Oklahoma teachers walkout, at the Capitol in Oklahoma City, Okla. on April 3, 2018.
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Teachers and other supporters participate in a sit-in outside the state Capitol in Oklahoma City, Okla. on the second day of a walkout on April 3, 2018.
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Matthew Smith of Oklahoma City, drops off his children Gabe , 7, and Maggie, 4, at the Edward E. Gaylord Downtown YMCA in Oklahoma City, before heading to work, on the second day of the Oklahoma teachers walkout, on Tuesday, April 3, 2018. The YMCA extended their before and after school program hours to all day to help working parents because of the teacher walkout.
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Teachers and other fill the inside of the Oklahoma state capitol as they rally on the second day of the Oklahoma teachers walkout, at the capitol in Oklahoma City April 3, 2018.
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Kim McCreery a seventh grade English teacher in Tecumseh, Okla., holds her daughter, Keira McCreery, 5, as they rally with other teachers inside of the Oklahoma state capitol on the second day of the Oklahoma teachers walkout, at the capitol in Oklahoma City April 3, 2018.
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Amber Epperson, an elementary speech language pathology teacher in Oklahoma City, protests with other Oklahoma teachers at the state Capitol in Oklahoma City on April 2, 2018.
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Kentucky teachers and their supporters rallied at the state Capitol in Frankfort, Ky. on April 2, 2018 over recent changes that the state legislature made to their pensions.
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Katy Kirkpatrick, an English as a second language teacher at Yukon Public Schools in Oklahoma, protests with other teachers at the Oklahoma state Capitol in Oklahoma City on April 2, 2018.
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Thousands of Kentucky teachers and their supporters rallied at the state Capitol over recent changes that the state legislature made to their pensions on April 2, 2018 in Frankfort, Ky.
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Gwendolyn Hill, a third grade teacher in Oklahoma City, strikes with other Oklahoma teachers at the Oklahoma state Capitol in Oklahoma City April 2, 2018.
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Thousands of Kentucky teachers and their supporters rallied at the state Capitol over recent changes that the state legislature made to their pensions in Frankfort, Ky. on April 2, 2018.
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Thousands of Kentucky teachers and their supporters rallied at the state Capitol over recent changes that the state legislature made to their pensions in Frankfort, Ky. on April 2, 2018.
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Thousands gather in front of the state Capitol on April 2, 2018 in Frankfort, Ky. to rally against the pension reform legislation passed by legislators on Thursday night.
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